I want to upgrade my pc

[danydan86]

What can i swap or add to improve gaming performance?

here is a link to my specs

http://www.youfindit.ca/acer/desktop-computers/1017901047

 

[Outlander_04]

Take out 4 gig of RAM so the remaining two run in dual channel

spend as much money as you like on a better graphics card

 

[tsnor]

I7-860 with HD 5770.

You need more video to match your CPU. Check this article and pick the video card you like at your price point. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3067.html You want something like HD 6950 or GTX 560 Ti or bigger to see substantial improvement.

You have a slow 5400 rpm drive (but disk drives are really expensive now, so live with it). You have 12GB of memory -- that's plenty.

You have a generic 750 watt PSU -- that's plenty if the PSU is of medium quality.

You can get good mouse, good monitor, etc.

 

[tsnor]

Take out 4 gig of RAM so the remaining two run in dual channel

spend as much money as you like on a better graphics card

Hi, I'm surprised you want to pull the memory. When i looked at triple channel mode for my x58 MB the only article I found had very low gains (1-3%) and did not deduct the related OS overhead if memory got low. Net, I have 8GB (4x2GB) vs. 6GB (3X2GB) on my i7-920.

edit: he's got four dimm slots. Wonder if he has 3X4GB or if he has 2X4GB plus 2X2GB whcih would give him two channel on reach pair of dimm slots.....

agree that video is only thing that will make system much stronger/

 

[dalauder]

Take out 4 gig of RAM so the remaining two run in dual channel

spend as much money as you like on a better graphics card

Yep, that covers it.

Your system has a strong enough PSU and CPU to handle any graphics card--so get whatever you want based off of this article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3067-1.html

EDIT: Considering you already have a decent graphics card in the 5770, I suggest you get something that's actually a large upgrade over it--either the GTX 560Ti if you're into overclocking or a Radeon 6950 1GB if you're not.

Hi, I'm surprised you want to pull the memory. When i looked at triple channel mode for my x58 MB the only article I found had very low gains (1-3%) and did not deduct the related OS overhead if memory got low.

X58 would use triple channel. His build is H57--dual channel only. Leaving only two 4GB sticks will give him the fastest memory performance.

 

[danydan86]

so removing 4gb of ram will improve my preformance?

 

[gmaster456]

so removing 4gb of ram will improve my preformance?

Not in any meaningful way, I doubt you would even notice.

 

[Outlander_04]

so removing 4gb of ram will improve my preformance?

Yes in a meaningful way . If [ as I think I read] you have 3 x 4 gig sticks then it is in single channel

If you have two sticks in the appropriate slots then its in dual channel which will improve system performance by about 6-7 %

right up to the point that you are using more than 8 gig of RAM anyway .
Only 64 bit applications could use that so its a situation that should never happen for most users

 

[danydan86]

other than upgrading my video card to a radeon 6000 series.... would a SSD impove preformance?

 

[Outlander_04]

SSD's improve boot times and game loading times , but make no difference to performance in a game